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Soaring Home Prices Helping Homeowners Access Much-Needed Equity
For most Americans, it has been a challenging twelve months to say the least. Perhaps one of the biggest economic surprises coming out of the COVID19 crisis has been the red-hot demand in the residential real estate market. Even in the face of the highest unemployment...
Can 3D Printed Homes Help Alleviate the Housing Shortage?
Shortage of New Home Construction Causing Disruption The United States is currently undergoing a residential housing boom, as evidenced by a short supply of homes for sale and soaring home prices. Surprisingly, this is occurring following a year that experienced the...
Investors Focused on the Recent Rise in Interest Rates
Renewed Investor Focus as Rates Jump Suddenly, global equity and fixed income markets are focused on interest rate levels and potential inflation. On cue, volatility in treasuries and the stock market have returned. As reported recently in the Wall Street Journal: “A...
Fed Pledges Continued Easy-Money as Rates Start to Rise
The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage rose last week to just over 2.8%, the highest reading since November of 2020. The increase in rates may put a damper on further refinance plans by homeowners, but the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell recently made it...
Social Media Madness, Volatility and Your Home
As an investor, you never know what new twists the market is going to throw at you. Thanks to social media madness, investors now keep their eyes on social media platforms like Reddit, and on out-of-favor companies like GameStop. Just add that to other complications...
Housing Trends for 2021
2020 was a surprisingly strong year for housing. If underlying dynamics continue as we anticipate, 2021 is likely to be even stronger. Home sales and price growth quickly re-accelerated after a brief pause in the spring, and housing became a silver lining in what has...